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(No Model.)

l A. HOGUBT.

MACHINE FOR'MASHING POTATOES, zc.

, Patented' July 1.9.1881.

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* UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ADOII-PHE HOGUE'I, OF ST..IIOUIS, MISSOURI.

MACHINE FoRMAsHlNePoTAToEs, atc.

SPECIFICATIoNrorming part of Letters Patent Ivo.l 244,604, dated July 19, 1881. Application nieu June 1o, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom tt may concern:

Be it known that I, ADoLPHE HoGUEI, of the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a c'ertain new and useful Machine for Mashing Potatoes and other Articles, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying'drawings, forming part of this specification.

My improvement consists of a cylindrical vessel with a removable cross-bar across the open top, at the middle of which is a vertical screw-threaded socket or nut in which turns a screw-rod. To the lower-end of the screwrod is attached a cutter-head whose periphery fits the inside of the vessel, and which hasA downwardly-projecting knives or cutters, and apertures or slots at the knives to 'allow the ascent of the material. The construction is such that as the screw-rod is turned forward the cutter-head turns with it, and at the same time descends, so that the material below it is cut and mashed and finds its way through the slots of the cutter-head.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view, with part of the vessel broken away to show the cutter-head. Fig. 2 is a vertical section. Fig. 3 is a bottom View of the cutterhead. Fig. 4 is a section of the head at at x, Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is an enlarged det-ail section transversely through one ofthe cutters and slots. Fig. 6 is a bottom View of a modied form of cutter-head.

A is the vessel containing the material to be mashed. The vessel may stand on legs B, and these may be constructed for attachment to a table or stand by screws, or otherwise.

C is the cutter-head or disk, whose periphery fits the interior of the vessel A. In the disk or cutter-head are a number of slots, c, having at one edge a downwardly-extending knife, c', whose edge scrapes and cuts the material below the head as it is simultaneously forced down and rotated.V Y

vD is a screw-rod, which is firmly attached to the center of the head. The screw-rod is turned by a hand-crank, D.

E is a cross-bar extending diametrically across'the top of the vessel. This cross-bar has at the middle a vertical screw-threaded hole, e, forming a fixed nut in which the screw D turns. The cross-bar may be fixed to the vessel in any way by which it willbe held firmly when in use, and which allows its easy disengagement. I show ears F upon the sides of the vessel, which have open mortises to receive the tenons e at the ends of the crossbar. The tenons are held in the mortises by pins j', which pass through both the ears and the tenons.

I propose to cast the head, with its knives or cutters7 in one piece; but I reserve thel right to cast the head C without the knives and to attach them subsequently. The slotc and knives c are shown as straight and extending radially from the center of the head; but I do not conine myself to the form shown,as they may be curved or bentl and eX- tend in any direction that may be suitable.

The operation is as follows: rIhe cooked potatoes, or any other cooked or raw material that is to be treated, is placed in the vessel A when the head and cross-bar have been removed.v Then the head is placed in the vessel andthe cross-bar E locked in position and the handle D' turned forward. As the head C descends it comminutes the material which passes up through slots c. When the cutterhead has reached the bottom of the vessel the cross-bar is unfastened andthe cutter-head and material lifted out of the vessel together, if the material has sufcient adhesiveness.

The combination of cylindrical vessel A, cutter-headC, with slots c and cutters c', screwrod D, and removable cross-bar E, with screwthreaded socket or nut e, all constructed substantiall y as set forth.

ADOLPHE HOGUET. Witnesses:

SAML. KNIGHT, y GEO. H. KNIGHT. Y 4 

